Well…that was unfun.
Team USA lost to Greece, our internal clock is all screwy from staying up to watch it, and infamous naysayer Chris Sheridan (of ESPN) is dancing on the line between smug I-told-you-so guy and martyr.
I’ve been waiting for two weeks to watch [Spain vs Argentina], looking to see which of those two powers would emerge as the standard we’d end up judging Team USA against. Numero uno and numero dos, I called them in a preview column I wrote upon my arrival in Japan, a column that generated so many dismissive, nasty and uncomprehending e-mails to my inbox that I almost got physically sick reading them over the course of this tournament.
Physically sick? C’mon dude – no you didn’t. You’re really saying you sat there reading email from strangers and almost threw up from it?
Anyway, the US got schooled every which way last night on exactly what Sheridan said they would – backdoor cuts and other simple basketball plays. They were also inept in the halfcourt. We owe the Mighty MJD $100 – and he sure as hell better really get a whore with it like he said.
As for the Finals of the World Championship, it’s Greece v Spain, and as said MJD notes, it’s gonna be an oily affair, starring the one and only Pau Gasol.
BTW something we haven’t seen mentioned is that the US needs to win the Pan-American (or whatever it is) thing next summer or we don’t even get to play in the 2008 Olympics.
Get thy shit together, lads – you were 14-34 from the line last night!
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I feel so strange and dirty right now. Greece?! GREECE?! You know, this is the first sign of the downfall of America. First, they don’t respect our once-great Basketball dominance (”It’s not like they can shoot.”), next they disrespect our nuclear warhead stockpile (”It’s not like they’re gonna shoot.”), and before you know it, China is the next world superpower.
Well, at least Cav put his money where his heart is.
why didn’t dwight howard play? and why didn’t hinrich and melo play 40?? wtf?
team usa needs to get ppl like damon jones on the team. we need role players that just shoot threes all day. derek fisher would be perfect. seriously, i think team usa will dominate once they the range for three point shots. we need some stars, and great shooters. kobe is such a character, so is tmacdizzle. btw i messed up my clock watching the stupid FIBA last week too. good thing i missed yesterday’s game team usa needs to get ppl like damon jones on the team. we need role players that just shoot threes all day. derek fisher would be perfect. seriously, i think team usa will dominate once they the range for three point shots. we need some stars, and great shooters. kobe is such a character, so is tmacdizzle. btw i messed up my clock watching the stupid FIBA last week too. good thing i missed yesterday’s game
A superb Photoshop.
Todd summed it up pretty well.
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